the capsis project – general presentation – umr amap - september, 2005 the capsis project...

The Capsis Project – General presentation – UMR AMAP - September, 2005

The Capsis project

Francois de ColignyINRA - National Institute for Agronomic Research

AMAP Joint Research UnitbotAnique et bioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes

TA40/PS2, Boulevard de la Lironde34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 (FRANCE)

t: +33 (0)4 67 61 71 68m: [email protected]


Simulate the consequences of the forest management by using the scientific knowledge

Build a software platform to integrate many forest growth, yield and dynamics models

Objectives

For who

Computer-Aided Projection for Strategies In Silviculture

Forestry modellers, forestry managers and education

Objectives of Capsis

Meaning


Forestry models

- Empirical models (statistics) :

Stand models,

Tree models, spatially explicit or not

- Architectural (topology, geometry)

- Gap models

- Process-based models (functionnal)

- Structure-Function...

Various types of models

Capsis


The Capsis common methodology 1/2

From an initial situation (real or virtual),

create silvicultural scenarios by running an evolution model...

... and processing interventions

Thinning

2 scenarios


The Capsis common methodology 2/2

Use internal tools to check the result

Export data easily to analyse the results in other analysis tools


Capsis : a technical solution

- Different kinds of models

- Object oriented architecture

- Libraries, modules, extensions

- Stable and evolutive

- Interactive or not (for long simulations)

- Java language : clean and simple, robust, powerful

- Multi operating systems : Windows, Linux (...)

- And... co-development


Software architecture


Organisation : actors and roles

Developers

Modellers

End-users

The Capsis co-development community

Design, training courses, assistance

Build their models inside Capsis

Interested by using the models

The modellers are in charge of the development of their models inside the platform


Charter and Licence

The Capsis charter : rules inside the community

- Modellers develop their models

- They can get help from the developers

- All the source codes are shared in the community

- Mutual respect of intellectual property...

The Lesser General Public Licence for distribution

- Everything but the models is LGPL

- Modellers choose a licence for their models

- Facilitates partnerships


Example 1 : Maritime pine

Single species, same age, growth and yield model

Céline Meredieu, INRA


Example 2 : Samsara

Several species, individual-based, spatially explicit, slope, radiative balance, dynamics

Benoit Courbaud, Cemagref


Example 3 : Ventoux

Several species, several models, large scale, seed flows, inputs from a GIS

Philippe Dreyfus, INRA


Interventions 1/3

Example : thinning diagram- Thinning mecanism through an interactive diagram- Compatible with trees and cohorts-based models- Class width / min threshold / per hectare / dbh or girth


Interventions 2/3

Various other methods


Interventions 3/3Use of selection filters to cut trees


Groups creation


Group Catalog, Group chooser

1. Manage the groups from the group catalog

2. Select the groups in the group-related tools 3. The name of the

group appears in the caption or title bar


Using groups

Groups are usable in some of the capsis extensions- Graphs, viewers, interventions (ex: cut > 10cm...)- Group complementary- Groups are built by combining selection filters- Complex groups with AND / OR are also groups

Dbh <= 10


Connections with other simulators

- ForestGales (Forestry Comission, UK)Maritime pine, breaking and overturning risk for a silvicultural scenario built in Capsis

- AMAPsim (AMAP)Create some AMAPsim 3D scenes by considering the stand-level knowledge in a Capsis scenario and retrieve architectural information (branches, crown layers, volumes, growth units, polycyclism...)


Connections with other simulators 2/2

- SVS (USDA, USA)Stand Visualization System : Capsis scenes -> 3D scenes

- STICS (INRA)Part of the SAFE Agroforestry European project : connection with the STICS crop model for the agronomic part

...


Script mode for repetitive simulations


The models under Capsis 1/2

Model name Kind / Species Corresponding author(s)

mountain Spruce B. Courbaud (Cemagref)

selva Tropical, genetics S. Gourlet-Fleury, G. Cornu (Cirad)

ventoux Heterogeneous Ph. Dreyfus (INRA)

pnn Pinus nigra nigricans Ph. Dreyfus (INRA)

eucalypt Eucalyptus in Congo L. Saint-André (Cirad)

pp3 Maritime pine C. Meredieu (INRA)

laricio Corsican pine S. Perret (Cemagref)

sexi Tropical G. Vincent (IRD), D. Harja (ICRAF, Indonesia)

hisafe Agroforestry, STICS I. Lecomte (INRA)

ventouG Heterogeneous, genetics Ph. Dreyfus (INRA)

fiesta / nrg Pinus halepensis Ph. Dreyfus (INRA)

bimodal Continuous A. Franc (INRA)

qs1 Quercus petraea J.-F. Dhôte, Ph. Dreyfus (INRA)

fagacees Oak and Beech J.-F. Dhôte, P. Vallet (INRA)

alisier Sorbus torminalis and Oak S. Oddou-Muratorio (INRA)

regelight Regeneration A. Piboule (ONF)

ca1 Cedrus atlantica F. Courbet (INRA)

mangrove Mangrove Ch. Proisy (IRD-AMAP)

samsara Spruce, Fir, Broadleaved B. Courbaud (Cemagref)

luberon Cedrus atlantica, genetics F. Courbet, F. Lefevre (INRA)


The models under Capsis 2/2

Model name Kind / Species Corresponding author(s)

quercus Quercus petraea, genetics S. Gerber (INRA)

bidasoa Fish dynamics, genetics J. Labonne (INRA)

presage Forests in Quebec S. Turbis, D. Mailly (MRNFP, Canada)

pradiata Radiata pine D. Pont (Forest Research, New Zealand)

sylvestris Scots pine S. Perret, T. Perot (Cemagref), C. Meredieu (INRA)

transpop Transitionnal populations Sylvie Oddou-Muratorio (INRA)

cytisus Scotch broom, grass, sheep Estelle Chambon-Dubreuil (INRA)

paletuviers Avicennia, Rhizophora Patrick Heuret (INRA-AMAP), Marilyne Laurans (Cirad-AMAP)

The libraries under Capsis

Name Type Corresponding author

spatial Virtual stand and spatial analysis F. Goreaud (Cemagref)

biomechamics Internel structure / wind Ph. Ancelin (Cemagref)

genetics genetics for individuals and cohorts Ch. Pichot (INRA)

economics Economics Ch. Orazio (IEFC)

delaunay Delaunay triangulation A. Piboule (ONF)


Documentation- Online doc and tutorial (english + french)

- Reference manual (french)

- The Capsis web site with a documentation page (english + french)

http://capsis.free.fr


Partnerships

- INRA, Cirad, Cemagref, ENGREF, ONF...

With french institutes

And abroad

- Canada : MNRFP (Québec) + Canadian Forest Research

- New Zealand : Forest Research

- China : Submission of a PRA project : « Development of Integrated Tools for Eco-Engineering », Thierry Fourcaud (Cirad), LU YuanChang (CAF)


Capsis User Interface (Linux, english)

the capsis project – general presentation – umr amap - september, 2005 the capsis project...

Documents

capsis project francois

capsis charter

capsis common methodology

tree models

education objectives

inra slide

platform slide

dynamics models objectives